Water marcelling comb



t Y PatentedfJan. `19,1932

t* ANNA J. esnnnwrcn, or CHICAGO, ILLINois y PTENT! ric? WATER MARGELLKING MB l' Application @ningun 29, was.l serial N6; 302,748;

This invention relatesd to f hair j dressing and has to do particularly vwith combs for producinga water marceland which may also vide a hair dressingl comb having spaced teleth with shorter teethintermediate the first menv tioned teeth.` Y j l Anotherobject is to Yprovide flexible arcuate combs for water rmarcelling having cleatsV thereon whereby said combsv maybe secured in thehair Ain any desiredrelative position.v

A furtherobj ect of the invention is to provide a water ymarcellingcomb set having plugN rality Vofcombs withfcleats thereony anda pluralitygofelastic bands of various lengths for readily arranging said combs in any de-l Y sired arrangement for producing a desired wave. ,l A' further object ofthe invention is to provide a water marcelling comb set having plurality of combs with cleats thereon and a plu-V rality offelastic bands l*of different lengths for arranging said combs in anydesired position which bands are colored dierently for the dierent lengths so that aband of desired length may `lie-quickly selected froma pile of bands-` l vf f' A stillV further Aobject of the invention/is to providemarcellingcombs which are 'eco ,tnomical to manufacture-easyto apply and efiicient in use. Y The-above, otherfand further objects ofthe invention will be apparent fromftliefollowing description,'accompanying drawings and appended claims.

" yOne form of the invention is illustrated in` the accompanying drawings andthe views thereof are as follows: 'Y Figure lisaside view of thelcombs ar-l ranged'tofproduce a water marcel inhair which is parted on theside ofthe head.V` Y

. .Figure 2 'is a top plan view of a showing anjarrangement of combs to produce a `in dotted lines, thecomb somewhat Vflattened combined water wave and hair parted inthe middle. n l n Figure 3 1s a top plan view ofa comb showiy ing, in'full lines, same-in normal position, and

marcel with the as it is when applied tohair for waving pur` poses. f

- Figure 4 is an elevational view of the comb of Figure 3 looking at theconcave side of the same. y 'V f o rFigure 'is anlenlarged sectional view on line V-v-V ofeFigureA. f Figureo-is a fragmental elevational view of a portion of the convex 'surface of the comb showingan elevational view yof a cleat. 65 v Figure 7 is a' view,` showing one'arrangef ment of combsin part of ar-wig for producing a water wave.

1re 8 isk an elevational view of aplu rality of bands'of various length which are mV usedv in connection with the combs of the invention. Y

The'comb illustrated in the accompanying drawings is arcuate in planas may beseen in Figure-3, and is made of material which permits the comb to befleXed readily from the arcuate position shown in Figure 8 to theA substantiallyl fiat or applied'position. The combj` illustrated comprises a' body l and a plurality of teeth 2 `which are undulating in elevation.l Between every'pair of teeth '2 is ashort tooth 3 of uniform voutline.` The teeth 3 project but a short distance belowV the bodyl of the comb.V f f Cleatsh and 5` are attached to the body 1 35 of the comb on the convex side thereof and below theupper margin of thebody. The cleats have recesses 6 and 7 whereby the Velastic bands to be later described engage on either slide of the cleats. The cleats are "of appreciable size so as to serve as handles for yapp-lying the combs toand removing fsame from .the hair .and also serving asvhandles to latten the comb for application tothe hair.

Figure' l shows a plurality of the combs 95 applied 'to the, hair of a person being given a water marcel. vrThe hair is parted on the side of the head as 8. A comb :Ais inserted in the hair with the teeth pointing upwardly. Another'comb Bis applied sto the hair 100,

below the comb A in a similar position. It will be noted that the combs A and B are laterally spaced and are staggered. Another comb C is arranged in the hair with teeth pointing to part 8 while other combs are arranged on the other side of the head.

An elastic band 9 passes around cleats on the combs A, B and C with one part of said band passing around cleats on the combs B and C and escaping a cleat on the comb A while another part of the band engages the cleats on the other ends of the combs B and C and at the left end of the comb A so as to tend to move the comb A to the right as viewed in Figure 1.

Y The elastic band 9 serves two purposes in the arrangement just described. It tends to move the combs B, A and C bodily together thus forming waves or puffs between. the combs, and it also tends to move the comb A to the right thus causing a pu or wave in a dilferent direction than that caused by the movement oty the combs towards one another. The object of the combs is to produce a water wave or marcel.

Figure 2 shows a wig spread open which is parted in the middle with combs D and E arrange-d one on each side of the middle to produce a marcel therebetween which combs are connected by an elastic band 10 passing around the cleats 4 and 5 on the combs.

Beyond each ofthe combs D and are other combs F, G and II in each instance being laterally spaced and also staggered. An elastic band l1 passes around the cleats 4 and 5 on the comb D and engages certain cleats on certain ot the other combs with a part of said band engaging but one cleat on the comb G. rI`he arrangement of combs and bands in Figure 2 produces a combination water wave and marcel in that the bands tend to draw the combs together laterally forming waves or puffs in one direction and also ten ds to draw certain of the staggered combs into alignment thus forming waves in another` direction. The combs remain in the hair for a sufficient length ot time so that the waves set and become permanent for some time.

Figure 7 shows another arrangement of combsto produce a water wave without the marcel.

When it is desired to form marcel, say for instance at the back ot the head, then other combs would be used and connected by elastic bands of proper length.

A comb is inserted by flattening the same against the head ot the person whose hair is being waved so that the comb assumes a position somewhat like that shown in dotted lines in Figure 3. The comb is then pushed into the hair in this flattened state a short distance and is then given an endwise movement whereupon it is pushed further into the hair until the short teeth 3 enter the hair. Such movement of the comb forms puffs or tresses between the teeth 2 but for the short teeth 3 would form spaces between the teeth 2 in the linished wave which is undesirable. The short teeth 3 tend to spread the tresses be tween the adjacent teeth 2 to overcome the spaces between said tresses at present when ordinary combs are used for water waving. The curvature of the comb in normal position is greater than the curvature of the head of the person so that the comb is flattened on application.

The cleats 4 and 5 are placed a short distance belowV the upper margin of the body I of the comb so that the elastic bands passing over the cleats will not inadvertently be caught underneath the upper margin of the comb, and thus be hard to remove. The rubber bands used in connection with a comb set of this invention preferably are of various lengths so that even relative movement is obtained when the bands are applied to the combs arrangedat different spaced intervals in the hair. I prefer to make these bands ot different colors so thata hair dresser may readily pick out from a pile of bands by its color the proper length she desires to use at the moment. The longest bands might be used to connect combs D and E as shown in Figure 2 while shorter bands will be used to connect the combs A, B and C in the arrangement of Figure 1.

The combs arranged as above described may be used for producing water waves or a combination of water waves and marcels. The water wave is produced by the spacing of the combs laterally and substantially in alignment so that when the elastic bands are applied to the combs the combs will have relative movement towards one another, so as to puff or wave the hair between such combs. The combination of water wave and marcel is secured by laterally spacing some of the combs and also staggering these endwise so that when the elastic bands are applied there will be a tendency to move the combs so connected lengthwise into alignment thus forming waves or puffs in a different direction.

I believe I am the first to be able to produce a marcel wave with combs as by my invention I secure the combs together in such manner as to retain same in position for some time so that the marcel will set.

While I have described more or less precisely the details of construction of my invention, yet I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself thereto as I am aware that changes may be made in the arrangement and proportion of parts and that equivalents may be substituted, all without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

The elastic bands, when the combs are staggered in endwise relation, engage alternate ends ofthe cleats so as to urge the combs into endwsev alignment. It is this movement or tendency of movement which creates the Marcel waves, that is, waves which run ende wise from side'to side of the head or in anguc lar relation to the Water waves, which water waves run lengthwise from front to back of the head.V f

I claim as my invention:

1. A water marcel comb of flexible material having a plurality of spaced alternate long and short teeth. v

2. A waterk marcel comb ofiiexible material having handle-like cleats near the upper margin thereof, said cleats being spaced below said upper margin. 3. A water marcel'V comb set including a plurality of arcuate flexible combs having a y plurality of spaced alternate long and short teethhandle-like Cleats on the convex sides of said combs, and elastic bands of diiferent lengths cooperable with said cleats for retaining said combs in the hair.

Y 4:. A water marcel comb set including a plurality of combs arranged in laterally spaced and endwise staggered relation, every comb having two spaced cleats thereon, an elastic band engaging said cleats with one run of the same hooking alternate ends of the cleats at similar endsy of the combs and the other run hooking alternate ends of the cleats at the other ends of the combs in such manner as to draw together and endwise align said combs.

5. A water marcel comb of iiexible material which iscurved in plan, said comb having a plurality of spaced alternate long and short teeth, and handle-like cleats on the comb, every cleat vhaving double hooks on the same.

6.' A water'marcel comb comprising an elongated back member, longitudinally 40 spaced integral teethk Vextending from said member, saidteeth being undulated in outf line inthe direction of the length of the comb, and integral straight teeth extending from said back member Varranged intermediate said' first-named teeth and beingsubstantially shorter .than said first-named teeth.`

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed myname'at Chicago, Cook County, lllinois.

to ANNA J. 

